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1) Tell us more about yourself and your life in the district I moved to Montclair Village in 2002 as I was completing my 45-year career as a classroom teacher. My classroom was the focus of my life during all the years of my career. So, it wasn’t until I...

Rashi Kesarwani, a Berkeley resident, is joining #TeamBuffy and has a bit more to tell you about why Buffy should be our next Assemblymember representing District 15. Rashi serves on the Berkeley Housing Advisory Commission and the Berkeley Community Health Commission...

OAKLAND -- Momentum continues to grow for longtime advocate and activist Buffy Wicks as, today, Lieutenant Governor Gavin Newsom endorsed her campaign to be the next State Assemblymember for District 15. “Working with Buffy over the past few years, I’ve...

By Lateefah Simon, BART Board Director If you know me, you know – what with raising my daughters while serving in office, having a busy day job while advocating for criminal justice reform and racial justice – that I've got more to do than there are hours...

Long time activist and first-time candidate will report over $200K raised in first month, well-positioned to compete in multi-candidate Assembly District 15 field OAKLAND -- Assembly District 15 candidate Buffy Wicks announced today that she will report...

As one of Barack Obama’s top political organizers, Buffy Wicks plotted national campaign strategy, mobilized support for the Affordable Care Act and helped marshal the thousands of volunteers who carried Obama to the White House. Early on Thursday evening, Wicks stood...

By Sonia Sinton-Clark The world is full of people telling you, "It can't be done," and "That's just the way it is." They tell you it's not worth trying, that you don't understand. Anyone who has had the courage to stand up and say they want something...